Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families Author Angulo, Arturo Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología / Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET) and Centro de Author Betts, Joel T. 0000-0002-6018-8995 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Rd # 13, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA joel. t. betts @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6018 - 8995 joel.t.betts@gmail.com Author González-Alemán, Néstor J. Unidad de Gestión Técnica de Proyectos - Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales y de Cooperación Externa (ORICE / UGETEP), Author Castañeda, Edgar 0000-0001-8148-3195 Universidad Americana (UAM, Costado Noroeste Camino de Oriente, Managua, Nicaragua edgar. ecologica @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8148 - 3195 edgar.ecologica@gmail.com Author Berghe, Eric Van Den 0000-0001-7566-0415 Department of Environment and Development, Zamorano Biodiversity Center. Zamorano University of Tegucigalpa, P. O. Box 93, Honduras evandenberghe @ zamorano. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7566 - 0415 evandenberghe@zamorano.edu Author Elías, Diego J. Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America delias @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 0384 cmcmahan @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2113 - 8554 delias@fieldmuseum.org Author Mcmahan, Caleb D. Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America delias @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4215 - 0384 cmcmahan @ fieldmuseum. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2113 - 8554 delias@fieldmuseum.org Author Matamoros, Wilfredo A. wilmatamoros@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-27 5376 1 1 89 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5376.1.1/52351 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1 1175-5334 10208788 9ECCB3F7-5481-47C2-8A5A-E9A3F38C31BA Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 . Shortfin Molly, Mexican Molly; Olomina, Alumina, Bobita, Panzona, Bubucha, Pepesca Vouchers: UCR 3118-002 (2), 3122-001 (23), 3124-001 (2), 3126-002 (10), 3129-002 (8), 3132-001 (8) and 3134- 002 (1). Distribution: North and Central America; from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; ( Nicaragua ) Co, UI, WK, Pr, GM, KP, Es, BF, IM, To, Sa, SJ, RF, LN (Atlantic), Ch, Ne, ER and PN (Pacific); 0–711 masl ; Sec, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend stable. Literature: Bussing (1998: 222 , in part; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 93; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), Poeser (2011: 418 ; identification key and information on distribution and taxonomy), van den Berghe (2015: 34 , as Gambusia nicaraguensis —misidentification; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Álvarez et al. (2021: e3303; brief description, including an identification key and an illustration, and information on distribution) and Angulo (2021: 56 ; listed, including information on distribution). Remarks: This species is listed here according to the morphological definition of Bussing (1998) . Relatively recent molecular studies (e.g., Alda et al. 2013 , Bagley et al. 2015 , Palacios et al . (2016) , however, yield contradictory results regarding the systematics and distributions of this species complex, evidencing the need for integrative work that seeks to resolve such inconsistencies.